Fungi in Soil and Nutrient Cycling

Fungi are heterotrophic eukaryotic organisms that play an important role in soil. With the exception of yeasts, they are aerobic, which means they use oxygen. They are abundant in surface soils and help break down organic matter and some organic contaminants.

These organisms also support nutrient...

Filamentous fungi are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms often found in large numbers in soil, playing an important role in the ecosystem. Fungi can be isolated, quantified, and examined in the laboratory.

Fungi are abundant in surface soils and perform important roles in nutrient cycling and decomposition of organic matter and contaminan...